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18 USC 1924 deals with classified information and primarily officers of the US. 793 deals with information related to national defense and imposes penalties for allowing, through “gross negligence,” the removal of information relating to the national defense from its proper place of custody. What Comey testified about to Congress about 793 was the DOJ historically having concerns about the constitutionality of 793 as being one of the reasons it has only been prosecuted once in the prior half century.Respectfully, you are off, here.
The two statutes that criminalize the mishandling of classified information are 18 U.S. Code § 1924 and 18 U.S. Code § 793, which together form key parts of the Espionage Act. The first, § 1924, makes it a misdemeanor for any person entrusted with classified information to intentionally remove that information from its proper place of storage. The second, § 793, makes it a felony for any person entrusted with classified information to remove the information from its proper place of storage with the intent to harm the national interests of the United States. As Comey made clear during his congressional testimony, the investigation’s main focus was on this latter statute.
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